A Birthday Celebration Gone Wrong
Episode description
On May 17, 2017, Jimmy Smith-Kramer and about 10 friends are celebrating his 20th birthday in Washington’s Olympic park. Smith-Kramer and his friends are all Native American and members of the Quinault Nation. A pickup truck shows up and starts doing doughnuts on the patch of gravel nearby. Soon Smith-Kramer is run over. Saadia and Asad Share the story.
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